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"The villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat was designed by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe over the years 1928-1929. It consists of a unique work of art in terms of its construction, space arrangement, interior furnishings, technical equipment and placement into the natural setting. A steel support structure in the form of columns on a cross-shaped floor plan was used for the first time in a private home in the history of architecture. The interior contains rare materials: Italian travertine, onyx from Morocco, woods from south-east Asia. Lilly Reich, Sergius Ruegenberg and Markéta Roderová-Müllerová cooperated on the designs. The built-in furniture was produced by the Brno company Standard bytová spolecnost of Jan Vanek. The technical aspects were also remarkable, the warm-air heating and cooling, the electric powering of the windows and the electric eye at the entrance. The structure was realized over the years 1929-1930 by the Brno construction company of the brothers Artur and Moric Eisler." -- contracoberta